One of the main reasons for starting this blog page is so that we can share with all of you the most exciting thing that's going on in our life right now- the blessing of expecting our first baby. As most of you know, we had a miscarriage in May of 2006 and were extremely devastated by it. However, through all of that, we learned many things about each other and God's plan. After trying for almost 14 months, God finally blessed us with a second pregnancy. We are currently at the end of 12 weeks and so far, everything seems to be going as planned. We found out on Thursday, August 16th, that we were pregnant. We were so excited but scared to death at the same time. Our doctor wanted me to immediately go in for blood work to check my levels because of the last time. The results came back the same day- the numbers were perfect! In fact, they were extremely high. The nurse warned us that usually when they see numbers that high, it indicates a multiples pregnancy. She said that obviously, she couldn't be sure, but she told us to start preparing ourselves for the possibility of 2 or 3! Wow. That was a shock! I went back twice over the next 5 days for repeated blood work and each time the results came back phenomenal. We went in for our first ultrasound on Wednesday, September 5th. When the technician entered the room, she said, "Ok, I saw your chart and I'm fully expecting to find at least 2 if not 3 babies today based on your numbers." Prior to that appointment, we had discussed such possibilites and thought that twins would be work, but we could manage. One for each of us. But triplets? We were outnumbered! We also knew that God would give to us what we could handle and had a peace about whatever the outcome might be. At the ultrasound, she only found 1 baby and assured us that no one was "hiding". She was also able to see the baby's heartbeat represented as a white, blinking light on the screen. The baby's heart was already beating at 118/min. at only 6.5 weeks old! We were ecstatic!The next few weeks were filled with a whole gammet of emotions for both of us. It's amazing how your whole life changes from foods to eat, conversations had and money spent! Everything is about this baby! Fine by us. Oh, and just a small detail: our due date is April 27th, 2008.
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